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O BAJAR. FOOT REST FOR 'SHOEING HORSES. No. 331,979. Patented DOO. 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN LEAR, OF VVOODSTOCK, VERMONT.

FOOT-REST FOR SHOEING HORSES.

SIECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,979, dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed September 17, |585. Serial No. 177,334. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, BENJAMIN LEAR, of I/Voodstock, Windsor county, Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Foot-Rest for Slioeing Horses, of Which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved foot-rest for supporting and holding horses hoofs While paring, shoeing, and clinching the nails and finishing.

The invention consists iu the construction and combination of parts and details, as will he fully described and set forth hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiieation, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure I is a side View of my improved footrest for shoeing horses. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View ofthe same, and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view.

On the base A the standard Bis secured, which has the opposite longitudinal grooves, C, in the sides, and the opposite longitudinal grooves, I), in the faces. On the faces the two bars E and F slide, which have longitudinal tongues G,sliding in the grooves D, and have angle clips H, secured on the side edges, the flanges of said clips passing into the side grooves, C, thus holding and guiding the slides E and F on the standard. The said slides are provided with notches or apertures I in their outer surfaces, at the lower ends, and in said notches the prongs O can be passed, which project from springs J ,secured on the base and projecting upward.

On the upper end of the slide E a supporting-plate, K, is secured, which has a coneaved top and is slightly inclined. The horses knee is rested on the said plate, so as to form a support for the foot While paring and trimming it and fitting the shoe.

On the upper end of tbe slide F a button, N, is formed, on which the bottom of the horses hoof can be rested while clineliing the nails and finishing the hoof and shoe.

The support can be adjusted very easily to any desired height, and can be locked at the desired elevation by the springs J.

If my improved foot-rest is used in shoeing, the horses leg is not twisted or strained, and when the hoof rests upon the ball or button N it cannot slip.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I. In a foot-rest for horse-shoeing, the combination, with a standard, of slides on the saine, and devices on the upper ends of said slides for supporting the horses leg and hoof, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a foot-rest for shoeing horses, the combination, with the grooved standard B. ofthe slides E and F, the plate K on the end of the slide E, and ot' the but-ton or knob N on the upper end of the slide F, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a foot-rest for shoeing horses, the combination, with tbe base A and the standard B on the same, of the slides E and F, having notches I, the plate K ou the slide E, the head N on the slide F, and ot' the springs J, secured on the base A and having prongs O, substantially as herein shown and described.

BENJAMIN LEAR.

Witnesses:

W. C. RAYMOND, L. A. RAYMOND. 

